‘Discovering Yellowstone’ with Heather White

Please join us for a presentation on “Discovering
Yellowstone National Park: Explorations in Science and Art from the American
West” on Thursday, April 27.

Heather White, president and CEO of Yellowstone
Forever and a member of the Center for the Environment’s Board of Advisors,
will speak at 7 p.m. in Room 300 of the Center facility.

White is a nationally recognized sustainability
leader and expert on environmental law and policy with deep roots in
environmental education and conservation biology. She joined the team in
Yellowstone after serving as the executive director of Environmental Working
Group and previously as the director of education advocacy for National
Wildlife Federation.

A native of East Tennessee, White spent her early
years hiking and camping with her family in Great Smoky Mountains National
Park. She first visited Yellowstone when she was 11 as part of a cross-country
national park tour with her dad. When she saw Old Faithful on that trip, she
says she connected with something larger than herself. The whole experience
sparked a deep, lifelong commitment to conservation and a keen interest in the
connections between public lands, open spaces, wildlife conservation and
people’s overall well-being.

White was named one of the “Top 20 Women Leaders in
Sustainability” by Green Building & Design magazine in 2015 and “100 Women
to Watch in Wellness” by MindBodyGreen. She is often cited in national press
outlets on conservation matters, including MSNBC, PBS, CBS, New York Times, The
Guardian and The Washington Post.

White received a bachelor of arts degree in
environmental science from the University of Virginia and a J.D. degree from
the University of Tennessee College of Law magna cum laude. Early in her
academic career, she also studied conservation biology at the University of
Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand, and comparative natural resources law in
Nairobi, Kenya.

White’s presentation is free and open to the
public, but reservations are required.